Leominster | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Leominster in Herefordshire for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Herefordshire within England | |
County | Herefordshire |
1885–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Herefordshire and Leominster |
Replaced by | North Herefordshire |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | 1295–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Leominster |
Leominster was a parliamentary constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England, then until 1801 in that of Great Britain, and finally until 2010, when it disappeared in boundary changes, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
From 1295 to 1885, Leominster was a parliamentary borough which until 1868 elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one Member, elected by the first past the post system. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name was transferred to a new county constituency.